Rail-joint.



J. E. BOLAND.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED 001:. 15, 1913.

1, 1 08,324. Patented Aug". 25, 1914.

JOHN E- Bowman Elbbmmu;

xvi Manama UNITED TE PATENT OFFICE JOHN E. ROLAND, 0F ARNOLD,PENNSYLVANIA, AE1$IGNOR 013 Gill 0]? ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA.

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RAIL-JDINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ltatonted Aug. 25, 1914:.

Application filed October 15 1913. Serial No. T953335.

State of Pennsylvania have invented certain v new and usefullmpriwoibouts in Hall- Ji'iints, of which the following is asporadication, reference being had to the accoin ninying drawin gs. i

This invention relates to new and useii'ul improvcments in rail jointsand more par ticularly to a device wherein the use oil nuts, bolts andthe like is eliminated. the object of the invention being to provide arail joint whereby the meeting ends be readily connected together and,which will securely hold the rail ends against lateral movement.

Another object of the invention is the pro vision ot'a rail joint of theabove character which will possess advantages in points of etliciencyand (jlurability is inexpensive oi? manufacture and at the same time issimple in construction and operation.

ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the con'ibination and arrangement oiparts to be herelnattter more fully described, pointed out in the claimand shown in the accon'ipanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is adetail perspective view illustrating the application 051: my invention;ll ig. is a transverse sectional view of a rail ilhiuitrating myinvention. in elevation; Ii' ig. 3 is a top plan view of the jointchair; Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the chair in its operativeposition; Fig. :3 is a horizontal sectional view; Fig. 6 is a detail.side elevationo't one end of the rail; and liig. 7 is a similar view oi?the opposite end of the rail.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the cross tiewhich is pr0- vided on its upper :tace and at each end t thereof with arecess 2 in which the base portion oit' my improved oint chair 3 1sCllS- posed From the accompanying drawings it will be readily apparentthat I prefer to term. the joint chair 3 in one solid piece, whichcomprises base portion 4-, inwardly extending inclined members 5 whichare adapted to engage over the inclined base flanges oi the rails andthe upwardly projecting parallel side members 6 having perpendicularinner faces as shown at 7 to enot' two rails may,

gage the'web portions ot the rails, the up per edges of the side 'alls(3 being adapted to engage beneath. the tread of the rail, as ch-rarlyshown in l ig. 52'. 'lhe side walls it are connected at their upperedges bv means of a, web 8, said web being arranged oeairr one end oi.the side walls than the other so :isto provide a long recess 9 and at-lllUl'l] re cess to between the upper ends ct the side walls. ill;will. he noted that by having the long and short recesses fl and ll), abroken rail may be quiet and rraidiy ren'io'red from the track withoutdisturbing the ad jaceut rails. lllhis operation is carried out bymoving the upon the end oi. the rail, the web portioii oil? which is disioscd within the recess 9. It will he understood that in running therecesses El and h); the recess a will be of sutliciont length so thatwhen the joint chair is in its operative 'ioriiition, the space betweenthe web of the rail in notch 19 and the inner end of the recess beingequal to the entire quickly and readily removed from any part of thetrack without iflistnrlring the adjacent rails. Une end of each of therails is provided in its web portion with the recess 11 and the otherend thereoi being provided with the recess 12 which is somewhat longerthan the recess 11 so that the two ends oi. the rail may readily fitwithin the recesses t and 10, the loi'iger recess 12 coinciding with therecess 9 and the shorter recess 11 coinciding with the recess 10, theinner ends of the treads ot the rails meeting above the web portion is.From this it will be seen that when the rail ends are arranged in theiroperative position between the side walls (5, all lateral movement ofthe rail ends will. be prevented. The ends of the rails are curelyretained in position by means of the spikes lbwhich are driven downthrough the inclined n'ien'ibers 5 through the notches.

:lfih termed in the ends of the rail and into the wooden tie 1. Thus itwill be seen that the joint chair 3 will be securely held against anymovement whatever through the medium. oil? the spikes 15-3 and therecess It will be readily appari-mt From the above description talten inconnection with the aceoni ninying drawings that I have prooint chair 3longitudinally yided a simple and durable rail oint whereby the meetingends of two rails may be readily and ett'ectii'ely connected togetherWithout the use of bolts, nuts or similar fastening means and at thesame time will be securely held in their operative positions. It willalso be apparent that my joint chair is extremely simple in constructionand can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

While I ha e shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itWill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myinvention into practice Without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope of the appended claim.

hat I claim is The combination with the meeting ends of two rails theweb portion of one of said rails being provided With a short recess andthe Web portion of the other of said rails being provided with a longrecess a pint chair including a base, inclinedp'ortions 25 formed onsaid base, side Walls extending upwardly from the inclined portions, aweb connecting the upper ends of said side Walls and having its upperface flush with the upper edges of the side walls to pro i'de'an 30unbroken surface upon the upper face of the connection, said Web forminglong and short recesses adapted to coincide withthe long and shortrecesses of the rail ends whereby one of said rail ends may be moved 35JOHN E. oLi n.

WYitnesses JOSEPH J. STEINER, R. Cnrooo.

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